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.YGAIN BEEMAN, OF IRONTON, OHIO.

Lette/rs Patent N0.,102,080, dated April 19, 1870..

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of -thesante4 I, GAIN BEEMAN, of Ironton, Lawrence county, Ohio, have inventeda new and useful Stove for Railroad Cars, of which thefollowing is aspecification.

Nature mul Objects of the Invent/ion.

My invention is intended to prevent the injurious effects incident tothe displacement of the stove, and the escape of its burning contents incases of collisimi or upsetting the car, and comprises a mode of'fasten# ing down or securing the stove to the door orother portion ofthe car-bed; a peculiarly-formed and operating water-tank belowthe-lire-grateg provisions for preventing the escape of the cinders whenthe c'ar is upset.; draught-inlets, under control-of the conductor orattendants.

General Description with Reference to the Drawings.

A Figurelis a perspective view of a stove embodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a vertical section of the salue upset.

Figure 3 is a similar section of the upper part of thestove in its erectposition.

Figure 4 is a vertical section at right angles to the plane of g. 2 ofthe lower part of the stove.

A represents a portion of the door of a railroad car.

The outer portion or shell of the'stove consists of a cylindrical base Band dome C, which dome is suspended within and rmly riveted to aninclosing cage or tripod, D, of wrought iron, whose feet, d, are firmlybolted-to the cariloor.

In order to give the bolts E a secure hold of the oor,I interpose twoannular plates or rings FF', one, F, below, and the other one, F', abovethe floor through which rings the bolts pass.

yThe base Bis suspended from the dome C, and held clear of the car iioorby means of hooked rods G, which engage in eyes H on the dome, and arebolted to lugs Ion the base.

The bottom b of the base B has a number of draughtinlets formed by pipesJ, which depend through and below the car floor, and are capable ofbeing closed by one -or more caps or plugs j, so as to give theconductor or other responsible person more or less control of combustionby limiting the draught.

These plugs are put in .or taken ont at will, when the ash-pan is out,and' are retained in position by the ashpan resting upon them.

Sliding through an opening in the side of the base is an ashepan, K,which rests upon rods k, and is held within the base by alocked door, L.

-M represents a ledge, which, sloping inward, conducts vinto the panwhatever ashes drop from the fire.

Resting upon and'bolted to lugs N,that project interiorly from thedomeor shell is a water-tank, O, havv ing a roof-like top, o o', with along slot, P, in its apex, for a gravitating cylindrical valve, Q,which, when the stove is capsized oroverturned, opens by its own weight,

so as to discharge a copious stream of water through the slot P upon there in the grate.

-R S-are respectively supply and discharge-faucets to the tank O.

et is avalve-guarded aperture in the tank bottom, which permits the`entrance of air, so as to allow of a free ydischange 'of the water inthe overturned position.

T is aicircular grating, hinged at one edge to the shell, so as, on theinversion ofthe car, to fall open, as showniu fig. 2, and by so doing toconfine the fire to one side of the chamber.l

U is a diaphragm near the top of the fire-chamber,

land having an aperture, u, which, when the stove is overturned,becomesclosed by one' or other of the flaps or doors V V.

Above the diaphragm U is a screen or grating, W, to prevent the escapeof any embers through the neck X, when the stove is upset'.

Y and Z are openings for feeding and for stirring of the fire, and areclosed respectively by lock-up doors y and z.

Claims.

I claim herein as my invention-f 1. The combination of the annularplates or rings F F', cage or tripod l", and bolts E, as and for thepurposes set forth.

2. The arrangement of roof-formed and slotted tank O o o', P,cylindrical valve Q, sloping ledge M, and base B, for the purposes setforth.

4. The provision of valve-guarded aperture n in the bottom ofthe tank,for the object stated.

4. 'lhe hinged grating T, for the purpose set forth.

5. 'lhe provision in the bottom bof the base B, of-

